Consider other post-apocalyptic books such as The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood or The Passage by Justin Cronin, which is mentioned in Station Eleven.
Students could also read works by Shakespeare such as King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream to better understand their themes.
When discussing genre, consider other books by Emily St. John Mandel: Last Night in Montreal, The Singer’s Gun, and The Lola Quartet.